Playable Races

Here you’ll find ways to turn into most every playable race. Some disguises even last through damage taken, making it perfect to confuse the enemy in PvP or if you really hate the available race options for your class. The majority of these disguises remain while mounted and in combat.

Birra Nera is left behind by Birraio Ferroscuro in the bar in Sotterranei di Roccianera. Start talking to him, and he excitedly talks about his new recipe. Eventually, he drinks too much of it and passes out, dropping the Boccale di Birra Nera. This transforms you into a Dark Iron Dwarf for one hour, with unique armor based on your class. Unfortunately, it looks like a recent patch temporarily broke this dialogue, but GMs claim it will be fixed soon.

Hostile NPCs

Globo dei Sin'dorei drops from any of the bosses in Heroic Terrazza dei Magisteri. It transforms you into a blood elf, yet you retain your unique armor. Your disguised facial features are based on your own character’s—so head to the barbershop if you’re looking for a special blood-elf transformation.

Copricapo Elegante di Burgy Cuorenero is a 100% drop from Burgy Cuornero, a rare-spawn flamboyant gnome pirate ghost in Vash’jir. He has a very high opinion of himself, saying "Feast ye eyes upon the dreadful, clever, all-powerfull, hate-filled, sword-swignin', face-punchin', insult-flingin', and all around handsome, BURGY BLACKHEART." He’s not difficult at all to kill at 85 and if you have low-levels summoned in your party, they can loot the hat for fun. This item has no cooldown and instantly turns you into a spectral pirate gnome when equipped.

Bussola d'Ottone di Ser Torello drops from Yorik Occhio Arguto, a Yaungol rare elite in Mists of Pandaria. Based on his dialogue and tiny Deadmines ship next to him, this appears to be Mr. Smite from the Deadmines in disguise. Turns you into a Tauren rogue with a unique set of gear.

Raggio Ricombinante, made by engineers, turns the target into a Leper Gnome. It only lasts for 12 seconds and has five charges, but the materials required to make more aren’t too bad. Anyone, regardless of their professions, can use it too.

Pesce Mutante all'Acquapazza turns you into a human ninja wearing a unique armor set or a pirate. It requires Pesce Mutante which can be fished in Northern Barrens or Wailing Caverns. The recipe, which used to be an extremely rare world drop, has had its droprate buffed in Cataclysm.

Squarciatore Dimensionale: Area 52 and Teletrasporto Ultrasicuro: Stazione di Toshley have a chance to transform the engineer into one of the following for an hour: male dwarf, female draenei, female gnome, male night elf, female orc, male tauren, male troll, female blood elf. You keep your armor but receive unique facial details. This debuff lasts through death but does not override druid shapeshifts.

Orgoglio di Gnomeregan and Orgoglio dei Lanciascura were quest rewards for completing the faction-specific pre-Cataclysm launch events. They turn you into a gnome/troll respectively but sadly, they’re not available in-game anymore. However, many players forgot about these items soon after acquiring them because they were so common. The disguises last for 30 minutes, on a 4 hour cooldown, and work while mounted.

Cappello Magico Sbiadito is the Horde-only reward for completing Addio, piccola creatura, the final quest in Azshara. This buff persists through combat, lasts 30 minutes, and has a 30 minute cooldown—but you must keep the hat on to keep the disguise. Like the Globo dell'Inganno, you receive a complete new look, armor set, and animations while disguised, but unlike the Orb of Deception, you have a huge variety of random disguises—16 possible options! Alliance, do not faction-change to complete this quest, as it will disappear when you race change back.

Medaglione Infestato di Kalytha is available for 5,000g from Tex Vortaspira, a goblin mage in Archmage Xylem’s tower in Azshara. The disguise lasts 30 mintes and through combat, on a 15 minute cooldown. It’s perfect for using in raids if you dislike how your character looks. Kalytha also has a bit of interesting lore behind her—Horde players learn that she, and her fellow mages, were heroes during the Sundering, using their magic to protect ley-lines and hold off the attacks of the Burning Legion.

Tonico dello Stivale di Ferro is sold by Olut Birramara and Rork Mentoaguzzo in the Storm Peaks for the low price of 10 Reliquia di Ulduar. It transforms you into a dark blue iron dwarf, yet you keep your own weapons. Disguise cannot be kept while mounted and you can only buy it after completing Antiche reliquie. If you use it and then pop the Orb of the Sin'dorei, you will turn into a male blood elf. It’s needed for the Ulduar achievement Sono dalla tua parte! (25). Since using this item will classify you as a male character, popping another disguise as an Iron Dwarf will turn you into that option's male character model even if you are a female.

The Globo dell'Inganno is the classic shapeshifting trinket. It’s a world drop from vanilla mobs and is BoE, still fetching a hefty price on the AH. It turns you into a member of the opposing faction complete with low-level armor. Although the item has been in the game for ages, it’s been updated to allow transformations for newer races.

Dungeons and Scenarios

Zoning into Pozzo dell'Eternità will turn your character into a Night Elf, as this covers Highborne events 10,000 years ago.

Zoning into Dun Morogh will turn your character into a Dwarf, as the scenario is about the Dark Iron Dwarves fighting off trolls in Dun Morogh.

Players that are not dwarves, gnomes, or humans will find themselves disguised as one upon entering Passato di Colletorto and Epurazione di Stratholme for historical purposes. The disguised facial features are based on the player's original attributes.

Non-playable Races/Creatures

There are many disguises that let you turn into unplayable races and creatures as well, such as wolves, naga, and snakes. Not many of these items work while mounted, but there’s something absurd here for everyone!

Upon obtaining 5 stacks of Vilsangue from fighting various demons around Desolace, you will get Vilinfusione and turn into a demon for one minute. Works on pets as well--come look like a demo warlock.

Dalaran

Pesce Magico is a magical food that can turn you into many things: basilisk, roach, locust, whelp, or wisp. You will be silenced with Magia Selvaggia for 45 seconds upon transformation but will gain a speed boost. The food also has a chance of granting you a random stat buff. It can be fished up from the Sewers.

Elisir dei Sotterranei, a clickable vial that spawns randomly around the Underbelly, can do one of three things: turn all NPCs into mages, transform the user into a Flying Wasp, or into a Hungry Tuskarr with +50 fishing skill. The Flying Wasp only lasts in the Underbelly and the Tuskarr in Dalaran. Drinking the potions has no cooldown.

Minigob Manabotta impishly turns players into sheep in Dalaran. Later, you’ll find a letter from him in the mail containing Combina Pasticci, a one-time only wand that polymorphs the target and only works in the city.

Friendly NPC

Bom'bay, a witch doctor in Durotar, casts Vudù on players who have completed his quests. He offers several options and transformations: a frog, snakes, ghost, chicken, turning drunk, character enlargement, and being thrown into the air.

Statuetta Preistorica is a rare drop from Terokk, a boss that can be summoned every 15 minutes provided you have completed a lengthy quest chain in Skettis. The disguise lasts 5 minutes and is on a 30 minute CD. Players find themselves transformed into one of three possible arkoaa appearances and can do a special dance, but cannot mount up.

Furia di Forgiarabbia drops from trash in Blackwing Descent. It's a decent trinket for some dps classes and the use effect transforms you into a dragon.

Volontà dell'Araldo della Morte was one of the most coveted items in ICC but it also has a fun side-effect: the procs turned the wearer into a variety of Northrend races for 30 seconds, some of which even had dance animations. Players were turned into Vrykul, Iron Dwarves, and Taunka, each with distinct casting animations. You could even mount up in Taunka form too.

Fiala delle Sabbie is crafted by Alchemists who have learned the recipe from Vaso Canopo. This item transforms the player into a two-seater dragon. The materials required are quite expensive but there’s now a special achievement for obtaining one—it’s the Meccanomoto of Cataclysm.

Pozione d'Acquascura is an Alchemy potion that turns you into a Jinyu, as well as increasing swim and movement speed for 15 seconds.

Quest

Amo del Maestro Pescatore is a reward for winning the Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Contest and turning in Gran premio. To win the contest, you need to be the first person to fish up and turn in 40 Spigola Screziata located all around the zone. This item turns you into a fish that is useful for speedy underwater transportation.

Cappuccio dei Linguamorta, a quest item for Lo stratagemma dei Linguamorta is one of the rare disguises that works on shapeshifted druids, although it lasts for an hour and only works in Tempest Keep. It turns the wearer into a member of the Broken, a similar race to the Draenei.

Vendor

Elisir di Granstrippo is sold by Marin Granstrippo and Sprizzy Granstrippo in Tanaris. This is one of the oldest shapeshifting items in the game. It used to require a fun questline, but that’s been removed in Cataclysm. You have a chance to turn into a skeleton, shrink, or gain a slowfall buff.

Idolo di Ogre Scolpito is redeemed from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and works in combat. Looks just like the Dire Maul ogres. Idolo di Ogre Magico is a newer version of the TCG ogre, available from Crown of the Heavens packs.

Sfera della Super Scimmia is a Northrend world BoP drop. It turns you into a monkey rolling around in a neon purple ball—a tribute to the game Super Monkey Ball. The purple orb remains for shapeshifted druids in combat. If you use another disguise with this trinket activated, you will turn into that disguise and keep the purple ball.

Cuore di Alanotte is a mount you get for RAFing a friend in Mists of Pandaria. However, you transform into the mount and can carry another player, instead of having your character appear on top of the mount.

Character Effects

These items preserve the basic appearance of your character, but with added twists—size changes, transparency, cool NPCs following you around. They’re great to use for screenshots when you want people to know who ‘you’ are but also to stand out. Don’t forget to use your own aresenal of spells for extra effects.

Sacca dei Sei Demoni, a low-level world BoE, does a variety of crazy things—whirlwinds, explodes, summons a Felhunter, and much more.

Famoso Cappello di Don Carlos is a 100% drop from Don Carlos on heroic difficulty in Old Hillsbrad Foothills. It summons a coyote. He patrols the main road so it's possible just to zone in and kill him for the hat.

There are several engineering malfunctions from using the BC-era transporters that last for an hour: some shrink or enlarge your character, while Scissione dell'Anima: Bontà gives a golden hue and Scissione dell'Anima: Malvagità! gives a shadowy effect. These last through death and work while mounted.

Riduttore Corporeo: This item greatly shrinks the player, while also reducing their run speed and damage dealt. It lasts for 3 minutes and is broken upon mounting. From Battlefield Barrens.

Flauto di Xan'tish: These snakes follow the player for a minute--players can a variety of solid and striped snakes. Named after Xan'tish in Orgrimmar, whose pet snakes were taken away by the Kor'kron in 5.3.

Objects

You can even turn into inanimate objects. There are numerous quest-related items that temporarily turn you into objects as well, but the problem is that they only work when you’re in a very specific sub-zone and you lose the item once the quest is turned in.

Ambra Antica, a Fossil archaeology rare added in 4.1, shrinks the player and entraps them in a block of neon orange glass. This block lasts through combat and damage.

New to Mists of Pandaria, Ambra Ristoratrice encases the player in a block of amber--it requires Klaxxi exalted.

Seme Vitale are looted by Herbalists as they pick flowers. When consumed, it transforms the player into a common flower, renames them, and provides a quick supply of health and mana. People have used these in PvP to look hidden in the background.

Commento di Venci

on 2013-06-08T14:33:14-05:00

there is alot of info here , but i dont like this guide . sry

Commento di TheDrWhat

on 2013-06-08T14:37:44-05:00

I believe there are 2 more weapons, of which when both worn have a 1% chance on critical hit to summon a ghostly white tiger to fight for you. These items are still attainable and drop from Molten Core.

Commento di GamerGoddess

Commento di Dracovarius

on 2013-06-08T20:48:25-05:00

You might have forgotten the Torment of the Worgen book in Karazhan.

Commento di danaphantom

on 2013-06-08T21:38:51-05:00

Under Playable Races -> Dungeons and Scenarios, the race change is only applicable if you're Horde. I've done the scenario on my Draenei and (Alliance) Pandaren and retained my original race, as well as being grouped with an unchanged Night Elf and Gnome. Might want to specify that.